Computer science

Computer science (abbreviatit CS or CompSci) is the scienteefic an practical approach tae computation an its applications. It is the systematic stiddy o the feasibility, structur, expression, an mechanization o the methodical proceedurs (or algorithms) that underlie the acquisition, representacioun, procesin, storage, communicaition o, an access tae information, whethir such information is encodit as bits in a computer memory or transcribit in genes an protein structurs in a biological cell. An alternate, mair succinct definition o computer science is the study o automatin algorithmic processes that scale. A computer scientist specializes in the theorie a computation an the design o computational systems.

Its subfields can be dividit intae a varietie o theoretical an practical disciplines. Some fields, such as computational complexitie theorie (which exploires the fundamental properties o computational an intractable problams), are hielie abstract, while fields such as computer graphics emphasize real-world visual applications. Still other fields focus on the challenges in implementin computation. Fer example, programming leid theorie considers various approaches tae the description o computation, while the stiddy o computer programmin itsel investigates various aspects o the use o programmin leid an complex systems. Human–computer interaction considers the challenges in makkin computers an computations usefull, uisable, an universally accessible tae humans.

Areas relatit tae computer science

• Computer ingineerin
• Information theory
• Numerical analysis
  • Numerical linear algebra
  • Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations
  • Numerical methods for pairtial differential equations
  • Validatit numerics
• Saftware ingineerin

Further readin

• Knuth, Donald E. (1996). Selected Papers on Computer Science. CSLI Publications, Cambridge University Press.
• Collier, Bruce (1990). The little engine that could've: The calculating machines of Charles Babbage. Garland Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-0-8240-0043-1.
• Cohen, Bernard (2000). Howard Aiken, Portrait of a computer pioneer. The MIT press. ISBN 978-0-262-53179-5.
• Tedre, Matti (2014). The Science of Computing: Shaping a Discipline. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
• Randell, Brian (1973). The origins of Digital computers, Selected Papers. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-06169-4.
• Peter J. Denning. Is computer science science?, Communications of the ACM, April 2005.

External links

Library resources
About Computer science
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• Computer science at Curlie
• Scholarly Societies in Computer Science Archived 2011-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
• What is Computer Science?
• Best Papers Awards in Computer Science since 1996
• Photographs of computer scientists
• EECS.berkeley.edu

Bibliography

• CiteSeer^x
• DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
• The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine

Professional organisations

• Association for Computing Machinery
• IEEE Computer Society
• Informatics Europe
• AAAI Archived 2020-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
• AAAS Computer Science

Others

• Computer Science—Stack Exchange: a community-run question-and-answer site for computer science
• What is computer science Archived 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Is computer science science?
• Computer Science (Software) Must be Considered as an Independent Discipline.